Digest : Local News in Brief : 3 Valley Schools Get $4 Million to Expand
Three East San Fernando Valley schools were given $4 million by the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday as part of a program to expand facilities at overcrowded schools.
The schools--Camellia Avenue Elementary and Victory Boulevard Elementary, both in North Hollywood, and Haddon Avenue Elementary in Pacoima--were among 13 Los Angeles public schools to receive money for expansion. A total of $18 million will be spent for additional classrooms and enlargement of playgrounds at schools where overcrowded conditions now exist.
About $7.8 million of the expansion money came from savings the school district realized when it closed 22 schools. Nineteen of the closed schools are in the West Valley.
Camellia Elementary will receive $1.7 million to purchase 2.6 acres of land adjacent to the school. Haddon Elementary will use its $1 million allocation to buy 1.7 acres, and Victory Elementary will buy 1.9 acres with $1.3 million from the district.
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